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May 23 2011 12:30 PM ET

How did Ken Jeong do as host of the Billboard Music Awards?

by Sandra Gonzalez

Categories: About Last Night, Community, Music, Television

Image Credit: Ethan Miller/ABC

Community‘s Ken Jeong — or as most probably know him, “that Asian man from the Hangover movies” — hosted the Billboard Music Awards last night, and, admittedly, I wasn’t sure what to expect from him. The characters he’s most notable for follow the same blueprint: clinically insane with a side of funny. But I wasn’t sure if his normal shtick would be enough to carry an award show. In fact, I’m still not sure it was.

I liked that they acknowledged the odd choice of host in the first minutes of the show (and three cheers for Jeong, who tinkled those ivories to Coldplay’s “Clocks” with major skill!). I also think that on a host-scale of James Franco to Neil Patrick Harris, he ranked somewhere in the “acceptable” range, especially when he reverted to the slightly gross humor we all love. (See the 3:06 mark on the video below.)

What did you think PopWatchers? Vote below. READ FULL STORY »

May 23 2011 12:05 PM ET

Christina Hendricks: They're real, and they're spectacular

by Darren Franich

Categories: Mad Men, Things That Are Classy

Image Credit: Paul Redmond/WireImage.com

Mad Men star and all-around demi-goddess Christina Hendricks told the Daily Mail, “It’s so bizarre that people are constantly asking if my breasts are real or fake. They’re so obviously real that anyone who’s ever seen or touched a breast would know.”

And just think: If the Rapture actually had happened on Saturday, you would have gone to heaven/hell/purgatory/robot hell without ever knowing that. Huzzah, realism!

Follow Darren on Twitter: @EWDarrenFranich

May 23 2011 11:40 AM ET

Morning shows dominated by Joplin tornado coverage

by Mandi Bierly

Categories: Current Affairs, News You Can Use, Television

The images coming out of Joplin, Mo., following Sunday’s tornado that left at least 89 dead — the highest death toll for a single tornado in the U.S. since 1953 — are beyond devastating. No one can fault The Weather Channel’s Mike Bettes, who arrived in Joplin 10 minutes after the twister, for being overcome and fighting back tears on camera. The morning shows continued coverage today. Watch the story unfold in the clips below. To help, text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10 toward relief efforts, or visit www.RedCross.org. READ FULL STORY »

May 23 2011 11:11 AM ET

Ricky Gervais insists he didn't dis 'The Office,' finds a new way to indirectly dis 'The Office'

by Darren Franich

Categories: Ricky Gervais, The Office

Image Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/AP Images

Ricky Gervais has a reputation, mostly derived from his scorched-earth Golden Globes gig, as Hollywood’s insult comic. But Gervais wants to make something very clear: He most certainly did not dis the shamelessly inconsequential, cameo-happy season finale of The Office in his blog last week. “Sorry, who dissed The Office finale? I f—ing didn’t, that’s for sure,” the comedian writes, noting that he “simply said it’s different to the original which I created and made with different ambitions.” In his first blog post, Gervais stated that he didn’t create the U.S. version of The Office for “the art,” in contrast to his British original. One could argue that, by drawing that distinction, Gervais is essentially admitting that the original British Office was an Andy Warhol painting of Coke bottles, while the U.S. version is merely a mega-sized pack of Coke bottles. Which is fine. We all love Coke bottles, although I can’t imagine anyone wanting to drink 152 of them in a row. READ FULL STORY »

May 23 2011 10:30 AM ET

'Family Guy' season finale: Shouldn't the worst movie of the original 'Star Wars' trilogy make the best spoof?

by Stephan Lee

Categories: 100% Pure Cheese, Animation, Everyone's a Critic, Family Guy, Guilty Pleasure, Potent Quoteables, Ridiculata, Sarcasm, Seth Green, Seth MacFarlane, Simpsons did it!, Space, Star Wars, Things That Are Awesome!, TV Recap

Image Credit: FOX

In the opening crawl of Family Guy‘s third Star Wars spoof, Seth MacFarlane openly admits his fatigue in having to give us a Return of the Jedi parody. Even though there’s a lot of good stuff in “It’s a Trap!,” the writers aren’t entirely joking when they tell us to lower our expectations — it’s clear from the early scenes (Rush Limbaugh as the Rancor … eh) that this episode feels a bit more dutiful and less exuberant than “Blue Harvest” and “Something, Something, Something Dark Side.” READ FULL STORY »

May 23 2011 12:00 AM ET

'Dancing With the Stars': Annie Barrett voyages to Planet Mirrorballus for season 12 semifinals (VIDEO)

by Annie Barrett

Categories: An EW Exclusive!, Dancing With the Stars, EW Exclusive Video, EW.com Video, Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion, Grooming, Hidden Gems, I Want to Please You Secularly, Magic, PopWatch Dance Party, Reality TV, Ridiculata, Things That Are Classy, Tom Bergeron

I’ve never felt so aliiiiiiiiiiive! Last week, all of my long-gestating ballroom dreams came true as I touched down onto the Dancing With the Stars set (and promptly crumbled from excitement into my alter-ego, a puddle of fringe). Press play below to watch four videos of my trip to outer space. Prepare to wipe away a sparkly tear of joy upon hearing Enthusiastic Chimes Lady (ECL) bless us, the EW.com DANCMSTR nation! READ FULL STORY »

May 22 2011 10:58 PM ET

'Celebrity Apprentice': And the winner is...

by Dalton Ross

Categories: Donald Trump, Reality TV, Television, The Celebrity Apprentice

Image Credit: Douglas Gorenstein/NBC

In what may just be the most important decision made by any person all year long — at least in terms of decisions involving 7UP, Def Leppard, and the Harlem Globetrotters — Donald Trump named his latest Celebrity Apprentice champion. Was it country crooner John Rich or Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin? My full recap will be up soon, (UPDATE: Dalton’s Celebrity Apprentice recap is now live!) but if you’ve already watched and want to sound off on who won, then read on after the jump for more! [SPOILER ALERT: Read on only if you have already watched Sunday's Celebrity Apprentice finale.] READ FULL STORY »

May 22 2011 07:24 PM ET

'Strange Sex': Am I the only one watching this freak show?

by Sandra Gonzalez

Categories: Horrifying But Hypnotic, Reality TV, Sexytimes, Strange Bedfellows, Television, Vroom., What's Weirder?

Tonight, TLC’s Strange Sex concludes its season, and upon reading this earlier today, I experienced much shame when I realized I’ve seen every episode of this incredibly bizarre show.

For those who haven’t spent their Sunday nights catching a double-feature of Sister Wives and Strange Sex (you’re missing out…), Sex delves deep into the disturbingly odd, stories that are too taboo to be true, and everything you weren’t taught in high school health class.

I’d go into detail, but one of the few episodes I can mention in a PG-13 spot like PopWatch is the one where we were introduced to a woman who had two uteri and told the story of her discovery and struggle with the issue. (The curious can click on the video I’ve embedded below.) READ FULL STORY »

May 22 2011 01:18 PM ET

'America's Funniest Home Videos': Who should win this year's grand prize? Plus, exclusive clips of kids falling off chairs and toilets!

by Dan Snierson

Categories: An EW Exclusive!, Guilty Pleasure, Reality TV, Television, Tom Bergeron

Some TV shows wrap up their season by dangling a big question, leaving you hanging for months. But not America’s Funniest Home Videos. Tonight at 7 p.m. ET/PT, that other Tom Bergeron-hosted ABC series will provide closure to season 21 (21!)) by revealing which of the three $100,000-winning clips has claimed the show’s grand prize, a package of Disney vacations. (Then again, how bizarre would it be if just once, AFV left us on a cliffhanger — a cliphanger, if you will — and we didn’t find out whether a golf ball jacked some dude in the head, gut, or groin for many moons?) Review the trio of finalists below and then select one as this season’s champion in our poll. Which video did I choose, you were about to ask? While that poodle displayed impressive comic timing in shame-backing out of the hallway, the clip of the little boy who freaks out when he loses his video camera in the snow warmed my cold heart while managing to tell a full story in zero-visibility conditions. READ FULL STORY »

May 21 2011 07:55 PM ET

Trump Debunked: We fact-check The Donald's outrageous claims

by Christian Blauvelt

Categories: Politics as Entertainment, Reality TV, Television

Image Credit: Scott Gries/Getty Images

Donald Trump has said a lot of ridiculous things over the years. And not just related to the “amazing things” his crack team of investigators uncovered in Hawaii while investigating President Obama’s birth certificate. Or his aborted intention to run for president. He’s a master of self-promotion whose greatest achievement is branding and selling at bargain-rates a watered-down concept of his own billionaire lifestyle to a fame-obsessed and money-hungry American public. Trump is the ultimate proof of the idea that if you tell lies as frequently as possible, people will eventually believe they are true. As the eleventh season of The Celebrity Apprentice comes to a close, we decided to fact-check a number of his ridiculous claims, from his continual assertion that “The Apprentice is the no. 1 show on NBC” to Trump University. READ FULL STORY »